Quotes About Medal

I certainly wouldn't be a dental hygienist - they should get the Medal of Honor just to look at people's gums.

Watching Nyree Lewis get her medal in the 100 backstroke inspired me to want to go to a Paralympics and it just went on from there.

Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that.

Every time I go on to the court, people expect me to get a medal. It is tough, and I can't win always, but I still have to go out there and give my best.

I won the league at Middlesbrough with Manchester United, and I wore my medal for the next two or three days because I thought, 'I want this again - and the best want it again and again'.

I would be so proud to finish my career with a European medal.

I think that I am a serious threat to anybody out there who is trying to get that medal.

Winning the 400 meters gold at the pre-Olympics gave me a little confidence. I thought I could win a medal if I tried.

I am going to Rio with a chance of a medal.

I think javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has a good chance of winning a medal at the Paris Olympics.

The motivation will always be there to change the colour of the medal in Paris.

It's like a dream for me, participating in the Olympics, it's so important for my career and I hope to win the gold medal here.

A gold medal is a goal and something that we've never done before as the United States indoor women's volleyball team.

Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make it.

One medal. One shot. One lap. Eight riders. No lanes. No right of way. Just go.

Awards don't really mean much.

In Rio, we took the bronze, but I thought we gave everything we had, and that's what we walked away with.

Bringing a medal for the country is the biggest achievement, and that is why I am very happy.

I think every fight is a tough fight, but I'm not settling for a bronze medal.

To have this gold medal around my neck is just bonkers and still hasn't really sunk in.

Compounding the horror, German officials committed an act of staggering insensitivity: they struck a commemorative medal with a depiction of the sinking ship on one side and on the other a smiling skeleton under the inscription "Business above all.

You don't make a journey like that alone. You make it with a lot of love and sacrifice. That's probably why I was searching the stands for my father after we won the gold medal against Finland. It was a moment that was begging to be shared.

I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.

That's what the Olympics is about - getting your name on the wall, and that gold medal.